The London Knights pushed Zack Torquato's Erie Otters to the brink of elimination via a 4-2 win, which leaves the Otters facing a 3-1 series deficit. Torquato finished the game with an assist and a -2 rating, and the Erie Times-News's John Dudley says that Torquato regrettably tried to hit a player instead of taking the puck on the play which resulted in the Knights' 3-2 goal--which took place with only four seconds remaining in the second period:

March 27, Erie Times-News: No reasonable person would dispute that London is the more skilled team, with more seasoning and more firepower.

That maturity showed when the Knights refused to simply play out the final seconds of the second period with the score tied, 2-2.

Erie's Zack Torquato went for a big hit in the neutral zone and missed, setting up an onrushing Scott Aarssen to take a cross-ice pass and send a shot off the pipe past Jaroslav Janus with 4.4 seconds showing on the clock.

"I went for the hit when I should have pulled back and tried to poke the puck away," Torquato said. "I'll take (the blame for) that one."

It proved to be the game-winner, and it would be stunning if it didn't also prove to be the goal that returned momentum in the series to London for good.